MS Dhoni Demoted To Second Tier In The New BCCI Player Contracts; Mohammed Shami Left Out

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was left out of the new A+ category of Annual Player Contracts announced by the BCCI.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Committee of Administrators (CoA), in a significant move on Wednesday, relegated former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to the second tier of the Annual Player Contracts for the period from October 2017 to September 2018. Dhoni has been moved to second tier (Grade A, below Grade A+) in the new payment structure announced by the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) of the BCCI on Wednesday. India captain Virat Kohli along with Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah have been awarded the new A+ contract announced by the Indian cricket board.

Significantly, Mohammed Shami, whose wife Hasin Jahan has accused him of torture and cheating, does not feature in any of the categories.